Carl's Corner
Consonant Digraphs Junior Jeopardy
Games are great for reinforcing key skill sets and providing fun practice. Here are two games complete with printable materials and instructions. Children will play consonant digraph Jeopardy and digraph concentration using the same set...
Get Reading Right
Picture and Word Cards
Reading and recognizing words with the long /e/ sound is enjoyable and accessible for all emerging readers with these picture and word cards. Print, laminate, and play games in small groups or with additional classroom...
Curated OER
Phonics: Beginning and Ending Sounds
What does the word door start with? Little ones will look at each of the eight images, say them, then fill in the initial or final phoneme that is missing. Afterward, they play an independent game where they think of other words that...
PreKinders
Letter Sounds Activity Cards
Practice matching letters to pictures of items that match those letters with activity cards. Each card features the upper- and lower-case letter, as well as matching items for additional practice.
Curated OER
VCe Rule Fluency
Explore English by identifying word structures. Learners find many words that end with a vowel, consonant, and then an e. The class will participate in a word flash card game in which they correctly pronounce vowel-consonant words.
ESL Kid Stuff
Toys
The world is a rainbow of colors in a set of lessons for English learners. Kids review colors with matching games and hide-and-seek, before singing songs about colors and reading a class story.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonics: Syllable Patterns, Picture It In Syllables
Scholars practice blending syllables by playing a matching game. Pairs flip two cards and blend syllables; if they create a word, the player writes it on a worksheet; if not, the cards return to the collection.
Curated OER
Go Fish For Blends and Digraphs
Youngsters practice using blends and digraphs. In this early reading lesson, students play a game of "Go Fish" using words that contain a blend or digraph. This allows them to practice recognizing the word and using it in a sentence.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmenting, Phoneme Hopscotch
Your class will love playing phoneme hopscotch! Scholars choose a card, say the name of the object on the card, break the word into phonemes, count the phonemes, then hop that many spaces on the hopscotch mat. Super fun!
Florida Center for Reading Research
Letter Recognition: Tap Stack
Practice letter recognition using this fun alphabet game! Focusing on a suggested six target letters, this partner activity has learners saying and recognizing letter names as quickly as possible. Using a randomly chosen letter as the...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonics: High-Frequency Words, Word Fishing
To practice reading high-frequency words fluently, learners play a fishing game at a learning center. They take turns fishing; each fish contains a single high-frequency word. To keep the fish they caught, they must be able to read the...
Curated OER
Introduce First Sound Segmenting
Mico is back, and he's ready to test your scholars in initial sounds in single-syllable words. Using a puppet and the picture cards provided (these are great and in full-color), play a game with pre-readers. Hold up three picture cards...
Curated OER
Middle Sound Segmenting Accuracy
Mico the puppet wants to play a game! Can you figure out which picture card he's thinking of if he only says the middle sound? Choose three picture cards from the extensive library provided here, making sure scholars know what word each...
Curriculum Corner
Suffix Match
Knowing the meanings of common suffixes is a powerful tool for expanding the vocabulary of young learners. This set of word cards focuses on the suffixes -or, -ly, -ful, and -able, providing two words that include...
ESL Kid Stuff
Clothes
How would your kids react if they saw a big pile of clothes in the middle of their classroom? Learn about different types of clothes with a lesson that includes songs, games, and a fun dress-up activity.
ESL Kid Stuff
Likes & Dislikes
Everyone has different preferences when it comes to food. Kids discuss the foods they like and dislike in a series of activities that include magazine cut-outs, singing a song about cheese, playing a group game, and reading a short story...
August House
The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen is a wonderful story to teach youngsters about the value of teamwork and sharing responsibilities. As you read through the story, ask comprehension questions to check for and enhance understanding in your class. Kids...
Curated OER
Transportation Memory Game
In this memory game worksheet, students match the pictures showing means of transportation including air, water, and land. Students 18 pictures.
Curated OER
The Blend Game
Students become stars of their own educational video in this project that allows learning in several different styles.
Curated OER
Phonics Monster Game Suggestion: Change It
Students play the game "Change It" and practice making words from phonic monster cards. In this "Change It" lesson, students read words and phrases that are used as functional print with visual cues. Students respond to icons, pictures,...
Curated OER
Spin and Spell
This interactive spelling PowerPoint enables students to obtain extra practice in spelling words. The PowerPoint slides include an interactive spinner and an interactive board game. This spelling game is an effective way for a whole...
Curated OER
"Cool Cats Counting"
Students listen to the book "Cool Cats Counting" and demonstrate how to count from one through ten in English and Spanish. They count objects in bags, then place the bags in numerical order, and play a memory matching game using images...
Curated OER
Reading
Primary readers read books in order to practice word recognition, rhyming, and play reading games. They will "read" simple books to reinforce basic reading skills in order to create a foundation. Readers are available to print out along...
PBS
Blue Ribbon Readers: Determining Important Ideas
Brenda Z. Guiberson’s nonfiction book, Cactus Hotel, launches a series of activities that model for readers how to determine the main idea in a passage. Class members engage in an online interactive game to test their...